1971 WAR OF THE WORLDS Broadcast

In 1971, WKBW (Buffalo, NY) did an update of its 1968 WAR OF THE WORLDS broadcast, inspired by Orson Wells’s 1938 broadcast. The radio station used their DJs and news staff, presenting the entire story as a news broadcast. The 1971 version shortened the broadcast to an hour 22 minutes; I found a version that is even shorter, with some of the commercials taken out.